1980 United States Senate election in Florida

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1980 United States Senate election in Florida
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Nominee Paula Hawkins Bill Gunter
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,822,4601,705,409
Percentage51.66%48.34%
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County results

Hawkins:     50–60%     60–70%

Gunter:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
U.S. senator before election

Richard Stone
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Paula Hawkins
Republican

The 1980 United States Senate election in Florida took place on November 4, 1980, alongside other elections for President of the United States as well as to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Richard Stone ran for re-election to a second term, but lost the Democratic primary election to Bill Gunter. Republican Paula Hawkins defeated Gunter in the general election. [1]

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Campaign

Stone, a freshman senator, had a reputation for changing his mind. In 1980, the AFL-CIO actively campaigned against him, and Stone was deemed vulnerable in his re-election bid. [2] Six Democrats entered the race for Stone's seat including his 1974 runoff opponent Bill Gunter who was Florida State Treasurer/Insurance Commissioner in 1980. [2] As was the case in 1974, Stone and Gunter were forced into a runoff but, unlike 1974, Gunter won the nomination.[ citation needed ]

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Richard Stone (incumbent) 355,287 32.08%
Democratic Bill Gunter 335,859 30.33%
Democratic Buddy MacKay 272,53824.61%
Democratic Richard A. Pettigrew108,1549.77%
Democratic James L. Miller18,1181.64%
Democratic John B. Coffey17,4101.57%
Total votes1,107,366 100.00%
Democratic primary runoff results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bill Gunter 594,676 51.76%
Democratic Richard Stone (incumbent)554,26848.24%
Total votes1,148,944 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paula Hawkins 209,856 48.14%
Republican Louis Frey Jr. 119,834 27.49%
Republican Ander Crenshaw 54,76712.56%
Republican Ellis Rubin 19,9904.59%
Republican John T. Ware16,3413.75%
Republican Lewis Dinkins15,1743.48%
Total votes435,962 100.00%
Republican primary runoff results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paula Hawkins 293,600 61.61%
Republican Louis Frey Jr. 182,91138.39%
Total votes476,511 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Results

General election results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Paula Hawkins 1,822,460 51.66% +10.74%
Democratic Bill Gunter 1,705,40948.34%+4.96%
Write-in 00.00%N/A
Total votes3,528,028 100.00% N/A
Republican gain from Democratic

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1980" (PDF). clerk.house.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Abramowitz, Alan I.; Segal, Jeffrey Allan (1992). Senate Elections . University of Michigan Press. p.  78. ISBN   0-472-08192-6 . Retrieved January 31, 2007. bill gunter richard stone.
  3. 1 2 "Florida Department of State - Election Results". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Florida Department of State - Election Results". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
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